In a letter to the Editor published by the Guardian Newspaper, Steven Walker of the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities department in the Faculty of Health & Social Care wrote that the increased number of suicides in the Bridgend area (report, February 20) has rightly alarmed parents and professionals everywhere, and has drawn attention to a distressing aspect of more widespread mental health problems among young people. Steven states that we should try to avoid grasping for simple answers or attempting to blame soft targets such as tabloid journalism.

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